Maypole, Cornwall Weather
About Maypole, Cornwall
Maypole gathers the salt-heavy breezes of the Isles of Scilly, where the light plays with a clarity that renders the horizon an infinite, shimmering blue. It lies 1.2 miles east-north-east of Hugh Town (from Hugh Town: bearing 57°T, OS grid SV 920 115), and is situated north-north-east of Old Town village. Granite outcrops rise from the earth, grounding Maypole in a landscape that feels as ancient as the tides themselves. To the north-northeast, the weathered stones of the Civil War Battery on Helvear Hill keep a silent watch over the low-lying fields. This quiet proximity to history is matched by the nearby Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool SSSI, where the brackish water reflects the passing clouds in a slow, rhythmic dance. The air here holds the scent of damp bracken and the distant, metallic tang of the Atlantic. Maypole remains a place of sparse, honest beauty, where the wind shapes the gorse into stubborn, low-growing forms. Every stone wall marking the boundary of a garden acts as a testament to the patient labour required to thrive on these exposed, granite-strewn islands.
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Live animated radar for Maypole and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Maypole, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Maypole, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Maypole includes coordinates 49.924451, -6.292647, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Maypole is available on the Maypole map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.